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Armitage, 50, of Canberra Way, Blacon, admitted burglary and criminal damage after causing more than £13,000 of damage.

Armitage was captured on CCTV walking towards the Cathedral at 9.40pm on Monday, September 3.

He climbed into the cathedral via Abbey Square and later, at 00.18am, smashed a stained glass window in the cloisters area of the cathedral before using a fire extinguisher to smash open a donation box, stealing £40.

Paul Lightfoot

The drug dealer from Widnes was jailed for more than four years after initially being stopped by a PCSO.

Paul Lightfoot, 50, of Bell House Lane, was jailed for four years and nine months in December after a jury found him guilty of two counts of possession with intent to supply class A drugs (cocaine and heroin).

Lightfoot's arrest came about on the afternoon of June 17 when he was stopped on Page Lane, Widnes by a local PCSO.

Dolphus Gaskin

Dolphus Gaskin, 24, of Tanhouse Lane in Widnes, was given a four-year prison sentence at Chester Crown Court on December 11 after pleading guilty to five counts of fraud by false representation and one count of theft.

The charges related to work that Gaskin took money for which was either not required or never completed.

Jacky Boy Woodward

The Crewe man torched his friend's house after setting three different seats of fire in the property.

Jacky Boy Woodward, 27, of Abbey Place in Crewe, was handed a three-year prison sentence at Chester Crown Court on Monday (December 17) after pleading guilty to one count of arson with being reckless as to whether life was endangered.

The charge relates to a fire at a detached property on Stoneley Road, Crewe on August 24 this year, which was set deliberately in three different parts of the house according to firefighters.

Kenneth Kennedy

Kenneth Kennedy has been jailed for glassing a woman in the face in Chester (Image: Cheshire Police)

Liam Brizland

He received a total of 24 months in prison following the incident in October this year, when police were called by Brizland's partner after he had assaulted her.

Brizland, of Rothesay Close in Runcorn, pleaded guilty to three charges in total - related to two counts of assault against his partner and one count of common assault against the police officer who had the sword thrust at him.

Daniel Renshaw

Daniel Renshaw has been convicted of the murder of his father Graham Renshaw

Kelly was sentenced to five-and-a-half years behind bars after admitting wounding with intent and possessing an offensive weapon in a public place.

The victim of this horrific crime was taken to hospital and is receiving ongoing treatment for his serious injuries – although it's believed he may have suffered permanent damage as a result of the attack.

Jemma Laney

Jemma Laney, 30, of Saundersfoot Close, Warrington, pleaded guilty to two counts of fraud by abuse of position and one of theft from a 78-year-old man.

Laney was sentenced to one year in prison after appearing at Chester Crown Court on Monday, November 26.

The care worker, who was employed to prepare the victim's evening meals and help him take his medication, opened an online banking account with his details and spent large sums of money on shopping sprees and trips out – including one to Chester Zoo.

Adrian McBriar

This Helsby paedophile was jailed after being caught out by police posing as youngsters online.

Adrian McBriar, 52, attempted to meet up with two girls on separate occasions, but he was unaware at the time that he had actually been communicating with law enforcement officers.

Karen Belton, 41, of Gainsborough Road, Latchford, was jailed for 20 months at Liverpool Crown Court this week after she had earlier pleaded guilty to one count of theft.

The charge related to Belton's previous employment as a business service manager for a company in Warrington, where she worked between 2009 and 2015 and was responsible for the day-to-day running of the office.

Daniel Meredith

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Daniel Meredith, 31, of Blacon Point Road, Chester, was jailed for eight and a half years for conspiracy to supply class A drugs, namely heroin and cocaine, and possession with intent to supply class B drugs, cannabis.

He was caught after Steven Anstey, 51, of Nevin Road, Chester, was stop-searched by officers on April 21, 2017, and found to have 37 deals of heroin and 26 of crack cocaine and a phone seized by police was linked to Meredith.

Nicholas Smith

Nicholas Smith from Bollington amassed more than 10,000 indecent images of children and possessed a 171-page guide to being a paedophile.

Smith, 41, pleaded guilty to seven counts of possession of indecent images of children, possession of the manual, possession of indecent computer generated images depicting children and possession of extreme pornography.

He received a 16 month jail sentence and was made the subject of a 10 year sexual harm prevention order.

William Smart

Smart, 55, of Winmarleigh Street in Warrington, has been told he will serve a minimum of 19 years of his life sentence after being found guilty of murdering Angela Craddock, 40 in an attack which left her with little chance of survivial.

One of the investigating police officers said: "During my 24 years in the police service I have never come across a case of such brutality."

Louis Maddock

Louis Maddock, 25, of Humphreys Close, Runcorn, was sentenced to seven-and-a-half years in prison for unlawful wounding with intent to cause GBH after slashing a reveller's throat at Creamfields.

A hearing at Chester Crown Court was told that Louis Maddock , 25, of Humphreys Close, Murdishaw, Runcorn, first set upon the victim - Mark Kenny - while the man was out with his girlfriend and friends in a tent arena at about 9pm on Saturday, August 25.

His Honour Judge David Hale, circuit judge, sentenced Maddock, who had an 'unattractive record', to seven-and-a-half years in prison for unlawful wounding, reduced from 10 years for his guilty plea, plus a short concurrent sentence for possession of a bladed article and a £70 victim surcharge.

Daniel Meredith

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A Chester man has been jailed for more than 8 years for supplying drugs in Chester.

Daniel Meredith, 31, of Blacon Point Road, Chester, was jailed for eight and a half years in October for conspiracy to supply class A drugs, heroin and cocaine, and possession with intent to supply class B drugs, cannabis.

Derrick Unsworth

The 27-year-old, of no fixed abode, was sentenced to four years in prison after he was found guilty at Chester Crown Court of grievous bodily harm without intent, following an incident in Chester in February.

Unsworth and the victim, a 35-year-old-male, were seen arguing on Eastgate Street shortly before midnight on February 14, before a further altercation took place on the city walls.

Carl Haddock

Carl Haddock was jailed for 10 years for attacking a pensioner in his Handbridge home

Jonathan Henry, Stephen Henning and Alex Coote

Jonathan Henry sent text messages advertising class A drugs for sale on a daily basis between June 1, 2017 and March 14, 2018.

The messages were sent to drug addicts across Chester and Henry, 28, used other people to distribute the drugs for him.

The majority of the drugs were sourced from the Merseyside area and two other men from Chester – Stephen Stenning, 55, and Alex Coote, 34 – acted as sub drug dealers for Henry.

Stenning was subsequently arrested and charged with two counts of possession with intent to supply class A drugs. He pleaded guilty to the charges and was jailed for two years and four months at Chester Crown Court on September 15, 2017.

Coote, of Crabwall Place, Chester, denied the charges but was found guilty by a jury at Liverpool Crown Court and was jailed for three years and three months on July 13, 2018.

Drugs dealing gang

The eight people were all sentenced at Liverpool Crown Court for their part in the conspiracy, as part of a criminal gang called 'John & Redge'.

Most of the dealers were not from the town and were bringing in drugs from Liverpool to be sold on the streets of Congleton.

Individual sentences

Craig Eagles, 25, of Liverpool was the main supplier and controller of the gang and frequently brought drugs to Congleton to keep the supply chain going. He was jailed for nine years and six months.

Connor McLellan, 21, of Liverpool, assisted Eagles in supplying the drugs into Congleton and was jailed for seven years and six months.

Lynda Cartwright, 54, of Liverpool who transported the members of the gang to and from Congleton and would frequently change vehicles to try and keep officers off their trail, was jailed for six years and six months.

Jessica Cole, 23, of Litherland was given a two year jail term suspended for two years for transporting members of the gang to Congleton.

Jade Holmes, 22, of Liverpool, was jailed for five years, and a 17-year-old boy from Liverpool was given a 12 month sentence in a youth offenders’ institute, for physically controlling the drugs in various addresses in Congleton which were then given to street dealers to sell.

Phillip Dukes, 29, of Swansea, was jailed for four years, and Adrian Bryan, 38, of Biddulph was jailed for one year, for street dealing in Congleton.

Mariujus Gruzinskas

Gruzinskas, who stole 12 cars across Cheshire and Greater Manchester, was sentenced to two years in prison back in August.

The 29-year-old, of Claughton Avenue, Crewe was sentenced after pleading guilty to conspiring to steal motor vehicles at Chester Crown Court on Thursday March 15.

The court heard how between August 2017 and November 2017 Gruzinskas would use a device to gain access to cars before cloning the vehicles keys once inside the car.

Wayne Knight

Wayne Knight, 34, of Downham Place, Blacon, was sentenced to two years at Chester Crown Court after pleading guilty to various motoring offences including dangerous driving. Picture: Cheshire Police

A judge told Cole, 52, that the threats to kill was the most serious offence he faced.

And he warned him he was on the brink of receiving an extended sentence under dangerous sentence provisions “which means you will spend a substantial part of the rest of your life in custody if you repeat this offence”.

Declan Kilbride, Thomas Dean and Rhys Allen were convicted of aggravated burglary and two counts of possession of a firearm.

The charges relate to a terrifying ordeal that took place at 10pm on Tuesday, March 28, 2017, when three men forced entry into a family home in the Fairways area of Frodsham while a fourth man acted as lookout nearby.

Inspector Darren McKie, who had locked up countless criminals during a successful ​21-year ​police career, watched as his ‘nagging’ wife Leanne died in front of him, throttling her with one hand and smothering her desperate attempts to scream for help with the other.

As her life ebbed away in front of his eyes, McKie destroyed what friends and neighbours had thought was the ‘perfect family’.

McKie was sentenced to life imprisonment in March and must serve a minimum of 19 years before he can be considered for release.